IrishCentral readers choose their favorite Irish recipes

Corned beef, cabbage and potatoes with all the trimmings makes for a fine St. Patrick's Day meal.
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It’s no secret that the Irish are fond of a nice bit of homemade comfort grub, and over the years we’ve noticed that our recipes are hugely popular on IrishCentral.

We’ve put together the top ten recipes as chosen by IrishCentral readers. Although some of them, such as corned beef and cabbage and stew, are no-brainers, the IrishCentral readers went a little off script with spring rolls and pasta bakes making it into their top Irish recipes list.

Just click on the title to view the simple recipes. Knock them together, sit down and enjoy them with your friends and family.

Although in Ireland we opt for bacon rather than corned beef, when the Irish arrived to New York there was none to be found. The Jewish butchers substituted the bacon for corned beef and low and behold the tradition stuck.

All right, so the IrishCentral readers liked a pasta bake out of all the hundreds of recipes on this site, but it might just be their sensible streak showing. After you’ve cooked for all your friends, cousins and extended family, you’re bound to be left with a pile of left-overs.

What Irish person doesn’t like potatoes!? But it seems that the Irish palate is getting a little more sophisticated. Above Colcannon and Boxty, IrishCentral readers have voted “Potato cheesy ale and cheddar colcannon” and “Bacon and cheese quiche with potato crust” their top potato treats.

Chef Michael Gilligan came up with this one and it really took off. He also does a very good job at explaining the place of corned beef and cabbage in the Irish diet. Although it’s Irish meets Chinese food it seems to us like this would really work.

This is definitely a favorite Irish Sunday dinner and a perfect big meal for any event at the start of spring. Delicious with mint sauce and roast potatoes. I wholeheartedly agree with the readers choice on this one.